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Title: George M. Yoshino Interview
Narrator: George M. Yoshino
Interviewer: Tom Ikeda
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
Date: June 17, 2009
Densho ID: denshovh-ygeorge_3-01-0002

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TI: And how did he meet your mother?

GY: That one's a big question. I don't know. I never asked because... it's funny, he's from the city. Well, she's from way out in Saitama-ken, the farmers. So how they met, or it could have been introduced, you know, but I never did ask. So I wouldn't know.

TI: Now, do you know where they got married, whether it was in Japan or Bellevue?

GY: I imagine it was Japan, because she came over in the '20s, I guess, 1919 or something like that, I don't know.

TI: Okay, and when they got to Bellevue, how many children did they have?

GY: None.

TI: Okay, but then after they were in Bellevue they had you, so...

GY: Yeah, I'm the biggest one.

TI: You're the biggest one, and how many other siblings?

GY: Three of 'em.

TI: And can you tell me their names?

GY: The next one to me was Kenji, the next one was Hikaru, and the next one is Shizu, a girl.

TI: So three boys and one girl?

GY: Yeah.

TI: And what was the age difference between you and Kenji?

GY: Four... two years. Two years' difference.

TI: Okay, and then between Kenji and Hikaru?

GY: Two years.

TI: Two years. And then Hikaru and Shizu?

GY: Two years.

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